This week’s playlist is songs that may have been perfectly innocent but that held almost unbearable menace for us when we were children. (Though even when we listen to them now, as teens and adults, they really are creepy as hell!)

Of course, that makes perfect sense. I’m sorry to say that I foolishly sent a pitch in a week or so ago without examples of my work! It was only this morning that it occured to me that was probably the wrong thing to do!

Would it be possible to resend my work with examples of my writing? If so how many pieces would you like and how long would you like them to be?

Music videos usually indicated whether or not I was terrified of a song. “White Wedding” scared me because of the music video and that part where Billy Idol cuts the girl’s finger with her wedding ring. Refused to listen to Gorillaz, especially “Clint Eastwood,” because their appearances creeped me out so much– not to mention the way Damon Albarn sings in that song is a little unsettling. I felt vindicated when I watched the whole video for the first time in high school and was like, “Welp, this is definitely still terrifying. Good judgement, tiny self.”

Oh my god! “Have You Seen the Ghost of John?” is like the scariest song ever, after MJ’s “Thriller.” I can’t even think about it without being scared. It doesn’t help that my grandpa, who’s name was John, died when I was really little, so whenever I heard the song I thought his ghost would haunt me. >< Brings back memories of playing the tape on my little Fisher Price tape player to purposefully scare myself.

omg someone else out there hates horse with no name! I always thought it was just my mom. she always goes on about how it’s such an awful song because the horse and the man are stuck in the desert with nothing to drink or eat and the guy is hallucinating and they’re both going to DIE. I’ll have to tell her she has some company in hating that song now.

Psst! Hey! Can you keep a secret? This month's theme is TRUST, which is about honesty and its opposite, plus so much more. If you’d like to entrust us with an essay or a photo set, comic, poem, short story, or any other pitch you’ve got, please email it to submission@rookiemag.com. ✪

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